Slog - Comments on The DOJ: Partisan Firing and Hiring http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_doj_partisan_firing_and_hiring The Washington Post revealed today that the DOJ wasn't only firing people for political reasons, but hiring new people— through its revered Honors Program for young stars— along partisan lines as well. From the Post's article: The Justice Department is removing political appointees from the hiring process for rookie lawyers and summer interns, amid allegations that the Bush administration had rigged the programs in favor of candidates with connections to conservative or Republican groups, according to documents and officials. The decision, outlined in an internal memo distributed Thursday, returns control of the Attorney General's Honors Program and the Summer Law... Copyright 2008 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:39:48 -0800 Thu, 10 May 2007 13:51:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by GrammarCop Its, damn it.

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1. USAs who were told to walk the line, didn't and then got fired.
2. The cronies who replaced the fired USAs.
3. The USAs who were told to the walk the line and then did.

The USA in Wisconsin is a prime example of #3 - railroaded a state employee to embarass the governor prior to the election. An appeals court recently threw out the employee's conviction and exonnerated her saying the case should have never been brought to trial.

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